Sherman, Wyoming | |
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  Sherman, Wyoming  Sherman, Wyoming | |
| Coordinates: 41°07′52″N 105°23′53″W / 41.13111°N 105.39806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| County | Albany |
| Elevation | 8,035 ft (2,449 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Area code | 307 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1594258[1] |
Sherman is a ghost town in Albany County, Wyoming, United States. Sherman is 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Laramie in the Laramie Mountains and is named for Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman, purportedly at his request.[2] From the 1860s to 1918, the town sat at the summit of the original grade of the first transcontinental railroad along the rails of the Union Pacific Railroad, at an elevation of 8,247 ft (2,514 m).
Union Pacific construction crews had initially called the area Lone Tree Pass and Evans Pass. The original name honored James A. Evans, who surveyed the area searching for a shorter route through Wyoming compared to the earlier trails which crossed at South Pass.[3]
The town was abandoned after the Union Pacific moved its tracks to the south, but the townsite is still the location of the Ames Monument, erected by the railroad to mark its original high point.[4] Today the high point of the Overland Route, as well as the high points along Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30, about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) north-northwest of the former town, are called Sherman Summit or Sherman Hill Summit.
- ^ "Sherman". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Robert G. Athearn (1956). William T. Sherman and the Settlement of the West. p. 201.
- ^ "The Union Pacific Reaches its Highest Elevation". Union Pacific Railroad. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ "Sherman Mountains West, Wyoming, USGS 7.5 minute topographic map via Topoquest". USGS. Retrieved August 4, 2013.